Boambee East Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Boambee East (2452) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 430 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Boambee East is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Boambee East was 5,446 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Boambee East is 38 years of age.

86.0% of people living in the suburb of Boambee East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Fiji, 0.2% Japan, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% China , 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Taiwan.

94.1% of people living in Boambee East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Other, 0.5% German, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.1% Punjabi, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish.

The religious makeup of Boambee East is 27.3% Anglican, 24.1% Catholic, 20.8% No religion, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.9% Uniting Church, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Pentecostal, 2.1% Baptist, 0.8% Other religious affiliation .

52.1% of people are married, 30.3% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 181 widowed people living in Boambee East.

52.9% of the people living in Boambee East over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.5% are working on a part time basis. Boambee East has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Boambee East are 15.9% Professionals, 15.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Sales workers, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.3% Community & personal service workers, 11.2% Labourers, 9.6% Managers, 6.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Boambee East work in are 16.6% Health care and social assistance, 15.2% Retail trade, 10.2% Accommodation and food services, 7.9% Construction, 7.7% Education and training, 6.7% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Manufacturing, 4.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.3% Other services.

32.3% of homes are fully owned, and 39.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $505 per week and the median household income is $1018 per week.

The median rent in Boambee East is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1560 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Boambee East postcode 2452